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Biology

Where do flies go in winter?

12 February 2019

Insect expert Eleanor Drinkwater takes on this listener's question

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Biology | Medicine

How can you get blood poisoning from a mosquito?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Medicine

Are mosquitoes a problem all over the world?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Chemistry

Does Listerine repell mosquitoes?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Chemistry

Do any plants repel Chiggers?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Chemistry | Medicine

Do you react more to mosquitoes as you age?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Medicine

Do women get bitten more than men?

11 May 2008

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Biology | Chemistry

Can plants affect one another in the garden?

11 May 2008

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Physics | Space
 

What happens when a neutron star collapses?

04 May 2008

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Biology | Medicine
 

How do birds recognise fat balls as food?

04 May 2008

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Physics | Space
 

Why is space so cold?

04 May 2008

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Chemistry
 

Does ice evaporate?

04 May 2008

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Biology
 

Do houseflies hibernate?

04 May 2008

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Physics | Space

Was there a black hole at the big bang?

04 May 2008

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Biology | Chemistry | Medicine
 

Is there a metabolic cost to the generation of bright colours in animals?

04 May 2008

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Chemistry | Engineering | Physics
 

When you look at individual atoms, what are you actually seeing?

04 May 2008

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Medicine | Physics
 

Why does your stomach get left behind when an aeroplane drops?

04 May 2008

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Physics
 

What temperature would a cube of ice be in the Arctic?

04 May 2008

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Biology | Physics
 

Do drab animals live longer?

04 May 2008

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Technology
 

Olympic Torch In Flight?

04 May 2008

How do they keep the Olympic flame alight whilst in flight?

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Biology
 

Why do painted rays swim along with their nose out of the water?

04 May 2008

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Chemistry | Medicine
 

Why do they use CO2 in fizzy drinks?

04 May 2008

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Technology

Can robots smell out landmines?

27 April 2008

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Biology

Do chimpanzees have to trim their toenails?

27 April 2008

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Earth Science

How do geodes form?

27 April 2008

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